Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £4,170,112
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Printing and related services (CPV 79800000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 093663-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published5 Oct 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Bulk/Transactional Mail: High-volume, statutory communications (e.g., Council Tax, Business Rates, Benefits, Election material. Data Management Handling, formatting, letter templates, printing and postal services. Hybrid Mail: Secure, efficient printing and delivery of smaller, ad-hoc office mailings from internal departments.
About the supplier
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00681528).